Sestra River (Moscow Oblast)

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The Sestra (Russian Сестра; literally means " sister ") is a 138 km long left tributary of the Dubna in the European part of Russia.

Course

The Sestra forms the outflow of Seneschsees, which lies about 65 km north of the Russian capital in the Moscow Oblast. This lake was created by damming the Sestra and the river Istra. From there, the Sestra flows first in a northerly and northwesterly direction through the densely populated Moscow region. Some of her movement is channeled here.

Shortly after the Sestra Klin has passed through, she takes on the Jamuga. Now it turns off in predominantly northeastern and eastern directions. The river has in this area numerous oxbow lakes and undertake a variety of small streams and drainage ditches. In Ust- pristane leads the Yakhroma, its biggest tributary, a.

Subsequently, the Sestra turns north and reached a little later the border with Tver Oblast. The river marks now until shortly before the opening of the Sestra the boundary between the oblasts Moscow and Tver. Southeast of the city of Dubna, the Sestra finally flows into the Dubna.

The Sestra we mainly fed by snowmelt runoff and is on average between November / early January and late March / April frozen.